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Schwarzenegger made a pilgrimage to Washington to cadge more money from the government, but came home empty-handed.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2025 -
Ansa works in a Helsinki supermarket, collecting expired food and cadging the odd casserole for her dinner.—
Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
4 Dec. 2023
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On top of that, Nico is also, quite obviously, just mooching off/clinging to Mindy because he got cut off by his family.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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The Netflix rep says there is no correlation between this change and people mooching off other people's accounts.—
Boone Ashworth,
Wired News,
1 Dec. 2025
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In a new Shouts & Murmurs, Patricia Marx begs Pete Hegseth to invade and liberate her son’s messy apartment.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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Beyond that, the natural beauty is spectacular and begs visitors to get outside and enjoy hiking, biking, and horseback riding.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
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Join me in praying for the victims of such senseless violence and all the families of this church.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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But the loss effectively knocked Miami out of the ACC title game, and forced them having to hope and pray for an at-large bid to the playoff.—
Mac Engel
January 7,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Cleaning stainless steel requires a soft cloth or sponge to reduce any chances of scratching or altering the finish.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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Workers jam posts into stream beds and lace sticks and limbs between them, effectively mimicking beaver dams to slow water and allow surrounding soils to sponge up more of it.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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While these might conjure images of Old World Rome, the central hub of the ship has a decidedly high-tech LED screen on the ceiling that changes throughout the day.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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In November, Payton implored reporters to pick a Super Bowl team.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Over the past several months, hundreds of Hoosiers who oppose the project have implored public officials to halt the project, shown up at public meetings, and protested construction.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
20 Jan. 2026
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In September, Brazilian business leaders beseeched the Brazilian Academy of Cinema to nominate Marianna Brennand’s Manas as the country’s representative for the 98th Oscars over The Secret Agent.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
2 Dec. 2025
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President Donald Trump beseeched Republican senators to end the filibuster on Wednesday, hot on the heels of significant losses in Tuesday night’s 2025 elections.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Bludge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bludge. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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